25th Annual Downeast Ophthalmology Symposium & Flynn Lecture
Program Agenda

Friday, September 25, 2026

12:00pmIntroductory Remarks Sara Bozorg, MD and Patrick Rapuano, MD, Co-Chairs
Cataract (12:10pm – 1:55pm)
12:10Mini-Monovision Sonia H. Yoo, MD
12:45Dysphotopsia: A Better Understanding Steven G. Safran, MD
1:20Refractive Surprises After IOL Surgery Sonia H. Yoo, MD
1:55Break with Exhibitors
Uveitis/Trauma/AI and Telemedicine (2:35pm – 4:30pm)
2:35Posterior Uveitis: Is it Infectious? Debra A. Goldstein, MD
3:10Your Virtual Visit Starts Now: AI and Telemedicine in Ophthalmic Care Delivery
Grayson W. Armstrong, MD, MPH
3:45The Uveitis Work Up – Be a Minimalist Debra A. Goldstein, MD
4:05Making the Most of Retinal Imaging You Already Have Debra A. Goldstein, MD
4:25Final Questions/Closing Remarks 
5:00Harbor Cruise
6:45Lobster Bake
Dinner Presentation:  A Thoughtful Perspective on How Physicians Can Reconnect with Themselves, Embrace Aging, and Rediscover Meaning Beyond Medicine Durga Larkin, MD

Saturday, September 26, 2026

7:00amPanel Discussion (Breakfast Available in Exhibit Area)
Glaucoma (8:00am – 10:00am)
8:00Surviving the Aging of America by Re-thinking How We Care for Glaucoma
Michael V. Boland, MD, PhD
8:40Lies, Dam Lies, and Tonometry: Clinical Decision-making with Intraocular Pressure
Andrew E. Pouw, MD
9:20So Many Glaucoma Procedures: How I Choose Michael V. Boland, MD, PhD
10:00Break with Exhibitors
Uveitis/Trauma/AI and Telemedicine (10:45am – 11:25am)
10:45Ocular Syphilis Debra A. Goldstein, MD
Cataract (11:25am – 2:15pm)
11:25Pearls for Complex Cataract Surgery Steven G. Safran, MD
12:05pmBreak/Chat with Exhibitors/Lunch Buffet (Working Lunch)
12:35Corneal Reshaping Prior to Cataract Surgery Sonia H. Yoo, MD
1:15Anterior Segment Surgery Plus Pars Plana Vitrectomy: Middle Ground or Out of Bounds
Steven G. Safran, MD
1:40Pearls for Refractive IOL Exchange Steven G. Safran, MD
2:00Final Questions/Closing Remarks

Sunday, September 27, 2026

7:00amPanel Discussion (Breakfast Available in Exhibit Area)
Uveitis/Trauma/AI and Telemedicine (8:00am – 10:00am)
8:00Teaching the Art of Ocular Trauma Surgery: Lessons in Saving the Eye
Grayson W. Armstrong, MD, MPH
8:40When Time is Vision: Telemedicine and AI in Ocular Trauma Care Grayson W. Armstrrong, MD, MPH
9:20FLYNN UPDATE (in honor of Thomas E. Flynn, MD)
Academy Update – Ophthalmology/ER & Hospital Coverage and Beyond 
Christopher J. Rapuano, MD, President, American Academy of Ophthalmology
10:10Break with Exhibitors
Glaucoma (10:55am – 1:00pm)
10:55Is This Really Happening? Changes in Visual Fields in Patients and Technology Andrew E. Pouw, MD
11:35Putting Clinical Information Systems to Work for You in Glaucoma Care Michael V. Boland MD, PhD
12:15pmStructure Doesn’t Lie…Or Does It? Optical Coherence Tomography and Glaucoma
Andrew E. Pouw, MD
12:55Final Questions/Closing Remarks